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basal lobes being enlarged. Fruit oval, brown. April, 

 May. Europe, West Asia, and North Africa, but not ex- 

 tending to Scotland or Ireland.— Vol. II., p. 65. 



NATVEAL OR HER, CORN ACE Ji [CORNEL 

 FAMILY). 



Comus sanguinea L.— Cornel. Much branched. Branches 

 and leaves red in autumn. Leaves opposite, stalked, ovate, 

 entire. Flowers cream-white, small, in dense, sub-globose 

 terminal cymes, parts in fours. Fruit a small globular black 

 berry. June, July. Europe and North and West Asia.— 

 Vol. II., p. 113. 



NATURAL ORDER, GAFRIFOLIACE^ {HONETSUCKLE 

 FAMILY). 



Sambucus nigra L. — Elder. Bark corky, brownish grey. 

 Leaves opposite, pinnate, of three to nine ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrate leaflets, each two to three inches long. Flowers small, 

 creamy-white, in flat corymbose cymes nearly a foot across, 

 sweet-scented. Fruit a small, round, juicy berry, generally 

 black. June, July. Europe and North Africa. — Vol. III., 

 p. 65. 



Viburnum Lantana L. — Way faring- tree. Bark fissured, 

 grey-brown. Twigs and leaves mealy, with stellate hairs. 

 Leaves opposite, simple, ovate: Flowers small, white, in 

 flat- topped cymes with stout branches. Fruit flattened, 

 turning from coral-red to black. May, June. Central 

 Europe, North Africa, North and West Asia. — Vol. I., 

 p. 89. 



V. Opulus L. — Guelder Eose. More slender, glabrous. 

 Bark brown. Shoots green. Leaves opposite, simple, downy 

 when young, palmately three-lobed. Flowers in corymbose 

 clusters, white, the outer ones three-quarters of an inch across 

 and neuter, the inner ones small and perfect. Fruit a trans- 

 lucent, blood-red, sub-globose berry. June, July. Europe, 

 North and West Asia, and North America.— Vol. I., p. 73. 



